I have a 670 with dual Xeon's and SCSI drives as well, thought it was fast
enough for about 1-2 weeks as well. I run IV and Algor for FEA. There's no
such thing as to fast. As the line from the movie "I feel the need for
speed", some of my FEA models now only take 20-30 minutes from 40-60m, still
lots of room for improvement. Then we just run larger models, with finer
meshes. We will just keep pushing, because we can and will. That's what we
do.
Blair
"Jerry Chasek" wrote in message
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I hear ya cluckin! I believe I would be ok going with the single core, but
like Hal said, in a month I wish it was faster. I am going to go with a
better card, you think the 1500? I haven't ssen the specs on that one
compared to the 1300, I'll have to look it up. Thanks
Jerry
"Hal Gwin" wrote in message
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On three different occasions I have had purchased the fastest bleeding
edge machine available. It has never taken more than a week before I
was saying "I sure wish this thing was faster!". I have never found the
price/performance barrier.
Jerry Chasek wrote:
> ....I want speed but how much is enough for the price?
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Hal Gwin
Mechanical Designer
Caliper LifeSciences
(formerly Xenogen)
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